Section: US & Canada
Ex-Ukraine Top Prosecutor Lutsenko Probed For Abuse Of Power
Ukraine’s former Prosecutor-General Yuriy Lutsenko is being investigated on suspicion of abuse of power, local online news website Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing a response to an inquiry it received from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Impeachment: Ex-Pompeo aide testifies about Ukraine as spotlight shines on Trump’s foreign policy
Michael McKinley, a top aide to Mike Pompeo, resigned from his post last week after a career that spanned decades in the State Department. …read more Source:: USA...
Fox’s Neil Cavuto Challenges Trump-Boosting Colleague: ‘Do You Fault the President for Anything?’
Fox News anchor at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here …read more Source:: The Daily...
Analysis: Trump impulsiveness a theme in impeachment, Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) – A common denominator runs through the impeachment probe and the chaos unfolding in Syria: President Donald Trump’s improvisational style of conducting foreign policy. The president’s decision to push Ukraine to investigate a political rival prompted Democrats to launch the House impeachment inquiry, and...
Perry, One Of The ‘Three Amigos’ On Ukraine, May Not Comply With Subpoena
Energy Secretary Rick Perry, whose involvement in the Ukraine scandal is becoming steadily clearer, would not commit Wednesday to complying with a House subpoena related to his role in the scheme. “Listen, the House has sent a subpoena over for the records that we have, and our general counsel and the White House counsel are going through the...
Federal investigation of Rudy Giuliani includes counterintelligence probe
For months, investigators looking into Rudy Giuliani’s business dealings in Ukraine have dug into everything from possible financial entanglements with alleged corrupt Ukrainian figures to counterintelligence concerns raised by some of those business ties, according to people briefed on the matter. The counterintelligence part of the...
Hillary Clinton praises impeachment inquiry witnesses as ‘gutsy women’
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lavished praise on two former State Department employees who testified before the House impeachment inquiry as “gutsy women.” Mrs. Clinton took to Twitter to applaud former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and former diplomat Fiona Hill both testified before the House committees...
NYT: Recently Resigned Pompeo Adviser Objected To Sidelining Of Diplomats In Ukraine
Just days after resigning as a top adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Michael McKinley told the House on Wednesday that he resigned over the sidelining of career diplomats in Ukraine, The New York Times reported Wednesday. McKinley resigned on Thursday of last week, according to the Washington Post. Soon after, the House scheduled him for...
Rick Perry doesn’t know if he’ll comply with congressional subpoena
Energy Secretary Rick Perry was tight-lipped Wednesday about whether or not he’d cooperate with a House subpoena regarding his role in President Trump’s phone call with Ukraine. The call has since led to an impeachment in… …read more Source:: The...
Reports: Federal Giuliani Probe Involves Counterintelligence Concerns
Federal investigators looking into Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani’s foreign financial entanglements are also looking into counterintelligence issues that may have grown out of those business ventures, USA Today was first to report. New York attorney Kenneth McCallion told USA Today and CNN Wednesday that he was approached by federal...
